Things to Do in Lyons This Week

The 18th year of the St. Vrain Invitational is now in the books. The new format of running the middle school meet on Friday, and the high school races on Saturday was a big success. Coach Mark Roberts, Athletic Director Jason Maguire, and the other VIPs involved in scheduling the meet will no doubt plan a two-day race schedule into the foreseeable future for the running of this meet. Coach Roberts acknowledged the “team effort” in executing this meet and thanks all the volunteers who were involved in making this year another high quality event for all involved.

By Kathleen Thurmes, Eco-CyclePlastics are quite possibly the most ubiquitous materials in our society. As such, plastics are at once a blessing and a curse, serving both critically important and totally trivial purposes, and ultimately plaguing us with mind-boggling amounts of waste that we are hard-pressed to get rid of.

By Amy ReinholdsThis week marked the 4th anniversary of the flooding that greatly affected our community and destroyed about seventy homes that were not rebuilt. To see some signs of continued recovery, I hope you were able to attend yesterday's Habitat for Humanity ground blessing ceremony, the tours of Bohn Park, and

The Lyons High School volleyball teams (JV and Varsity) only had one match last week, after having six the week before, giving the girls a much needed breather. With that said, the teams traveled to Fort Collins to take on the Heritage Christian Eagles. The JV squad won their match in straight sets, 25-22 and 25-18. The young Lions were up 22-12 in the first set, but the Eagles clawed their way back into the match and made the Lions earn the win. Charlotte Rogers tallied point 24 by dropping in a second serve for a kill, and Ava McCall put the